Lorelai Gilmore stood outside her parent's front door trying to make herself ring the doorbell. Just ring the bell, she said to herself. Maybe she'll look at the pictures and not read the article.The last few weeks had been crazy for her what with the whole interview and hating her mother for breaking up her and Luke, and then not being able to decide to let the article be in the magazine or not and then the pregnancy scare. She was very grateful that she wasn't pregnant right now because she wasn't sure how well she'd handle that news right now. She honestly felt bad about the things she had said about her mother in that interview and she desperately wished she could take them back. She sighed and finally rang the doorbell. "Hi, Mom," she said when Emily opened the door.
"Lorelai, come in, come in," said Emily holding the door open. "I want you to meet my special guest."
Lorelai walked in and Emily closed the door. "I'm curious to meet her," she said at the same time a man walked in to the room. "Oh, boy. She sure looked different in her picture.
"This is Mikhail," said Emily introducing him. "Mikhail, my daughter, Lorelai."
"Hi," said Lorelai, waving at him.
"Hello," answered Mikhail.
Lorelai leaned closer to her mother and whispered, "What happened to Paola?"
"Oh, that annoying little stick?" she said. "She drove me crazy."
Lorelai was surprised to hear her mother say that because she had thought her mother had liked the dancer she had paid for. "Hm. You loved her," was all she said.
Emily started in on one of her rants which she always did when she didn't like something…or someone. "There was something wrong with her. So flighty, so skinny. She made no noise when she walked so you couldn't hear her coming. I felt like I was being stalked by an elf."
While she was going on about what was wrong with Paola the maid came in and took Lorelai's coat. "Thank you," she told the maid.
Emily went on. "She had the mentality of a preschooler. If she was sitting when she laughed, she would clap her feet together. Smoked like a fiend too."
"Uh-huh," said Lorelai like she understood what her mother was saying.
"And she kept playing with that obnoxious magic eight ball of yours. She'd ask it the same question over and over until she got the answer she wanted. I told her that's not how it works. You're supposed to accept the first answer it gives and that's that, but no. She kept going. I wanted to stick the little twig in the garbage disposal. So I exchanged her for Mikhail," said Emily finished with her rant.
"Really?" asked Lorelai surprised. "You can do that, just trade her in for another human being?"
"I paid for her, Lorelai, and she wasn't what I wanted," explained Emily.
"All right," said Lorelai dropping the subject.
"Isn't he stunning?" asked Emily, changing the subject.
"He's easy on the eyes yes," she said, not sure if she should admit how stunning Mikhail was since she was dating Luke.
"You should see him stretch," said Emily. "Do you want Luminista to take your bag?"
"No, I'm going to keep it with me," said Lorelai. "There's something I want to show you."
"Oh, good," said her mother. "Shall we go in the living room? He's learning English, so keep your words short. Living room!"
"Yes, please," said Mikhail pointing towards the living room.
"What a value," said Emily as she and Lorelai followed him.
At the Stamford Eagle Gazette, Rory was listening in on the staff meeting that was just finishing up. She knew she should speak up and voice her opinion but she didn't know if she should after all she was an intern. After the meeting Mitchum told her how he would soon be leaving to let the paper do their own thing without him. Then he told her how he felt like she didn't have what it takes to be a journalist. Rory felt devastated when she walked to her car. She was supposed to meet Logan at his sister's engagement party but after hearing what his father had just said she didn't want to be around him. She got in her car and decided to just go to Friday night dinner and not see Logan. She wasn't sure about her feelings for him now but she did know she wanted to take some time away from Logan and be herself again.
Back at the Gilmore mansion, Mikhail was telling Emily and Lorelai about his hometown back in Russia. Lorelai finally let them look at her cover story and when she saw Emily's reaction she quickly went and locked herself into her father's study. She wouldn't come out until Emily had forgiven her for what she had said in her interview and then she had to apologize to Mikhail and explain all the horrid things she had said in the article and why she had said it. Rory walked in then and greeted her mother and grandmother. When she sat down next to her mother, Lorelai noticed that something was wrong with Rory and got concerned. "Rory, is everything okay?" she asked her daughter.
"Yes, Mom, everything is fine," she lied.
Emily knew Rory was lying and said, "Rory, please tell us what's wrong."
"No, everything is not fine," she admitted. "Mitchum told me tonight that I don't have what it takes to be a journalist and I'm just feeling really confused."
"About being a journalist?" asked Lorelai. "Rory honey, don't believe what he says. What does he know?"
"No, not about that. I know I have what it takes to be a journalist," said Rory, feeling confident in her career choice. "But I'm more confused about my feelings for Logan. If I tell him what his father told me, he'd most likely defend his father. I don't want that."
"Rory, sweetie, you should just take a few days and think about this," said Lorelai. "If you feel like you need to break up with Logan, then break up with him. If you don't want to break up with him, that's fine too."
Emily couldn't help speak up. "Rory, dear, you shouldn't break up with Logan just because his father thinks you won't make it as a journalist. You two are perfect for each other."
"Grandma, I think Mom's right," said Rory. "I'm going to call Logan tonight and tell him that I just need a few days to figure things out."
"You going to make a pro/con list?" asked Lorelai laughing.
"Am I your daughter?" she asked.
"That's a silly question to ask," said Lorelai. "Of course you're my daughter. I gave birth to you."
"Then of course I'm going to make a pro/con list," laughed Rory. "I think Marty was right about Logan."
"Naked guy?" asked Lorelai confused. "What does he have to do about you and Logan."
"Marty is the reason I decided to go out with Logan in the first place," began Rory. "I didn't want to ruin my friendship with Marty by admitting I had feelings for him too, so I said that I liked Logan. I wish I hadn't said that to Marty now."
"Oh, hon, don't be so hard on yourself," Lorelai said trying to reassure her daughter. "Take a few days and think about what you want to do between you and Logan and if breaking up is the right thing to do, then do that."
"Thanks, Mom," said Rory. "Oh, how's Luke? Did you tell him about…?"
"He's good, he had a meeting with Taylor about something. And yes, I think it's weird too," said Lorelai. "And no I didn't tell Luke about the other day."
Emily noticed the exchange between the two girls and asked, "What does Luke not know, Lorelai?"
"Oh, um, uh, I had a pregnancy scare yesterday because I ate an apple and liked it," she said.
"Really Lorelai, can't you be more responsible?" asked Emily.
"Mom," she said. "Luke and I are responsible when it comes to that we just weren't so careful the other night."
"Well, apparently you're not, if you're thinking you might be pregnant."
Lorelai just sat there knowing that if she said anymore about her life her mother would just criticize everything. The maid finally announced that dinner was ready and the four of them went into the dining room and sat down. Lorelai barely listened to Rory's and Emily's conversation. She wished she hadn't brought up the pregnancy scare because everything had been going well until she mentioned it. She decided that as soon as she got home she was going to tell Luke what had happened the other day because he really did need to know. After dessert Lorelai and Rory drove back to Stars Hollow and went to the diner for coffee. Lorelai went over to the counter where Luke was counting money and sat down. "Hey, uh Luke, there's kinda something I need to tell you."
"Is everything okay?" he asked a bit worriedly. He noticed she had been avoiding him the past couple days and was worried about her.
"Yeah, everything's great now," she reassured him. "But do you remember what we did the other night when we got home?"
"Yeah, I remember," he told her.
"Okay, well, when Sookie went into the hospital yesterday, I saw an apple in the vending machine so I got one. Now you know I don't normally eat fruit willingly," she said. "But that apple looked really good. What you don't know is that the last time I craved apples was when I was pregnant with Rory."
Luke was a bit confused and wasn't sure what she was telling him. "You really should eat more fruit. It's healthy for you," he told her. "You should eat more vegetables too."
"Luke, that's beside the point," she said. "The point is, I thought I was pregnant. It turns out I'm not, but still we should probably discuss this. I mean, I know you've said that you'd talk about having kids with the right woman. But do you want kids someday?"
Luke was speechless, but he was glad to know why Lorelai had been avoiding him. "Lorelai, I do want to have kids with you," he told her finally.
"Really?" she asked him, very happy that he wanted to have kids too. "How many do you want? Wait, is that the wrong question to ask? We're not even married yet and we're talking about having kids."
"Lorelai, we don't have to talk about this now," he said. Luke had a plan on asking Lorelai to marry him. He had just gotten a ring that he knew she would love from Kirk earlier that day, but he had to make Kirk promise not to say anything to everyone about him proposing yet. "We can talk more about this tomorrow night over dinner. Are you available tomorrow night?"
"For you I'm always available," she said grinning. "Now, can I have some coffee? I better drink as much of it as possible because I know you'll be switching me to decaf whenever I do get pregnant."
"You do know this stuff will kill you, right?" he asked pouring her some coffee anyway.
"But you make the best coffee ever," she protested. "Your coffee is way better than mine."
"Here's your coffee," he said.
"Thank you!" she said. "I can't wait until our date tomorrow night. Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise," he said returning to counting the money.
Lorelai gasped. "That is so not fair! You know I hate surprises."
"Too bad, I'm not telling you where we're going," said Luke.
"Fine, be that way. Maybe Rory will feel sorry for me," she said giving him that famous pout of hers. She walked back to the table and sat down. "Luke won't tell me where he's taking me tomorrow night. He said it's a surprise."
"Well," began Rory. "Maybe he has something planned that he wants to keep a surprise and can't risk telling you what he has planned."
"Hey, I know!" said Lorelai. "How about you ask him where he's taking me and then come back and tell me and I'll just act surprised tomorrow night."
"No way," said Rory. "First of all, that would be wrong because Luke would know that I will tell you and second of all you're a terrible actor."
"Why are you being so mean to Mommy?" teased Lorelai. "I gave birth to you! You should be nicer to me especially for the week I just had."
"Don't blame me for your pregnancy scare," Rory shot back. "Blame Luke."
"Oh, now that's just wrong," protested Lorelai.
"I'm sorry," apologized Rory. "Friends again?"
"Yes," said Lorelai.
After having coffee and pie the girls went home and went to bed since they had to give Sookie her baby shower for Martha the next afternoon.
